Prof. MD. Leyla Zer

Education

• University: Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Medicine, 1983–1989
• Specialisation in Medicine:  Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy  – 1992–1995
• Specialisation in Medicine: Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital – General Surgery 1995–2000
• Associate Professorship in General Surgery: Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital General Surgery 19 June 2012
• Professorship in General Surgery: Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery 27 January 2018

Experience

• 1989–1992 Okmeydanı SSK Hospital, A&E Department
• 1992–1995 Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy
• 1995–2000 Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery
• 2000–2002 Kadir Has University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy: Lecturer and Surgical Attendant
• 2002–2006 Yalova State Hospital
• 2006–2008 Sultanbeyli State Hospital
• 2008–2015 Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery
• 2015–2017 Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine, Private Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital General Surgeon / Lecturer in General Surgery
• 2017–2021 Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine, Göztepe Medical Park Hospital General Surgeon / Lecturer in General Surgery / Head of the Department of General Surgery
• 2021–2024 Florence Nightingale Hospital Group; Ataşehir Florence Nightingale Hospital, General Surgery; Demiroğlu Science University, General Surgery Department, Lecturer
• 2024 – Fikirtepe Kadıköy Optimist Residence

Specialist Thesis

PhD Thesis/Master’s Thesis/Specialist Thesis in Medicine Title (abstract attached) and Supervisor(s)

1. The effect of early preoperative 5-FU administration in rats on wound healing at the colonic anastomosis, 2000

Thesis Supervisor: Dr Sırrı Özkan

2. The relationship between the hypoglossal nerve and the occipital artery, 1995

Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr Rezzan Gürün

Supervised Master’s Theses

Supervised Doctoral Theses / Postgraduate Studies in the Arts

Ersöz E. “The effect of breast magnetic resonance imaging, an advanced imaging method, on staging and the decision for breast-conserving surgery in patients with breast cancer”, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, 2011.

Demir T. “Malignancy screening in renal transplant patients who have completed at least five years of immunosuppressive therapy”, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, 2015.

Administrative Roles

• Member of the Procurement Committee, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital
• Department Quality Officer, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital

Awards

• Risk factors for early post-transplant renal osteopathy and the effect of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms on bone mineral density (2010). Eskişehir Organ Transplant Foundation Special Award.
• Ozel L, Ata P, Ozel MS, Toros AB, Kara M, Unal E, Canbakan M, Erdogrul G, Aktas GE, Titiz MI,

Foreign Language

• English